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"many graphic designers have been replaced by Photoshop" ... I'm not sure that's how it works.
by robyates 15y ago
"many graphic designers have been replaced by Photoshop" ... I'm not sure that's how it works.
- gaius 15y agoBad analogy, but the others work.
- JEVLON 15y ago"not-especially-creative professions" ...So Graphic Design is not creative. Apart from the excess use of Helvetica, calling Graphic Design uncreative is a sort of oxymoron.
- jackalope 15y agoLike his example of TurboTax, it's a DIY alternative to hiring a professional. For example, my 80's band hired a graphic designer and professional print shop to produce a poster with a blank spot to hand write information for our latest gig. Today, I could easily create a unique poster for every gig and print it out myself. I'm confident the quality of the design would be better (the printing itself would probably be inferior, but good enough).
- dfxm12 15y agoI think the point OP is trying to make is that just because you have Photoshop, that does not mean you have graphic design skill (and artistic skill it is not as simple as following directions on a tax form).
- a_a_r_o_n 15y agoThere's another point in there: just because you have a need for graphics doesn't mean you have a need for a graphics professional. Without Photoshop you needed a graphics professional for anything beyond a cardboard sign. Now you can do very well on your own, well beyond some definition of "good enough," before you need to pay a graphics professional.
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